Benson Company is considering investing in two new vans that are expected to generate combined cash inflows of $31,000 per year. The vans' combined purchase price is $98,000. The expected life and salvage value of each are six years and $20,100, respectively. Benson has an average cost of capital of 10 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $ 1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Calculate the net present value of the investment opportunity. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.) b. Indicate whether the investment opportunity is expected to earn a return that is above or below the cost of capital and whether it should be accepted. a. Net present value TABLE 1 Future Value of $1 FV = $1 (1 + i)" n 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% 3.5% 4.0% 4.5% 5.0% 5.5% 1 1.01000 1.01500 1.02000 1.02500 1.03000 1.03500 1.04000 1.04500 1.05000 1.05500 2 1.02010 1.03022 1.04040 1.05063 1.06090 1.07123 1.08160 1.09203 1.10250 1.11303 3 1.03030 1.04568 1.06121 1.07689 1.09273 1.10872 1.12486 1.14117 1.15763 1.17424 4 1.04060 1.06136 1.08243 1.10381 1.12551 1.14752 1.16986 1.19252 1.21551 1.23882 5 1.05101 1.07728 1.10408 1.13141 1.15927 1.18769 1.21665 1.24618 1.27628 1.30696 6.0% 7.0% 1.06000 1.07000 1.12360 1.14490 1.19102 1.22504 1.26248 1.31080 1.33823 1.40255 8.0% 1.08000 1.16640 1.25971 1.36049 1.46933 0.0% 1.09000 1.18810 1.29503 1.41158 1.53862 0.0% 1.10000 1.21000 1.33100 1.46410 1.61051 11.0% 1.11000 1.23210 1.36763 1.51807 1.68506 12.0% 1.12000 1.25440 1.40493 1.57352 1.76234 20.0% 1.20000 1.44000 1.72800 2.07360 2.48832 6 1.06152 1.09344 1.12616 1.15969 1.19405 1.22926 1.26532 1.30226 1.34010 1.37884 7 1.07214 1.10984 1.14869 1.18869 1.22987 1.27228 1.31593 1.36086 1.40710 1.45468 8 1.08286 1.12649 1.17166 1.21840 1.26677 1.31681 1.36857 1.42210 1.47746 1.53469 9 1.09369 1.14339 1.19509 1.24886 1.30477 1.36290 1.42331 1.48610 1.55133 1.61909 10 1.10462 1.16054 1.21899 1.28008 1.34392 1.41060 1.48024 1.55297 1.62889 1.70814 1.41852 1.50363 1.59385 1.68948 1.79085 1.50073 1.60578 1.71819 1.83846 1.96715 1.58687 1.71382 1.85093 1.99900 2.15892 1.67710 1.82804 1.99256 2.17189 2.36736 1.77156 1.94872 2.14359 2.35795 2.59374 1.87041 1.97382 2.07616 2.21068 2.30454 2.47596 2.55804 2.77308 2.83942 3.10585 2.98598 3.58318 4.29982 5.15978 6.19174 11 1.11567 1.17795 1.24337 1.31209 1.38423 1.45997 1.53945 1.62285 1.71034 1.80209 12 1.12683 1.19562 1.26824 1.34489 1.42576 1.51107 1.60103 1.69588 1.79586 1.90121 13 1.13809 1.21355 1.29361 1.37851 1.46853 1.56396 1.66507 1.77220 1.88565 2.00577 14 1.14947 1.23176 1.31948 1.41297 1.51259 1.61869 1.73168 1.85194 1.97993 2.11609 1.16097 1.25023 1.34587 1.44830 1.55797 1.67535 1.80094 1.93528 2.07893 2.23248 1.89830 2.10485 2.01220 2.25219 2.13293 2.40985 2.26090 2.57853 2.39656 2.75903 2.33164 2.51817 2.71962 2.93719 3.17217 2.58043 2.85312 2.81266 3.13843 3.06580 3.45227 3.34173 3.79750 3.64248 4.17725 3.15176 3.47855 3.49845 3.89598 3.88328 4.36349 4.31044 4.88711 4.78459 5.47357 7.43008 8.91610 10.69932 12.83918 15.40702 16 1.17258 1.26899 1.37279 1.48451 1.60471 1.73399 1.87298 2.02237 2.18287 2.35526 2.54035 17 1.18430 1.28802 1.40024 1.52162 1.65285 1.79468 1.94790 2.11338 2.29202 2.48480 2.69277 18 1.19615 1.30734 1.42825 1.55966 1.70243 1.85749 2.02582 2.20848 2.40662 2.62147 2.85434 19 1.20811 1.32695 1.45681 1.59865 1.75351 1.92250 2.10685 2.30786 2.52695 2.76565 3.02560 20 1.22019 1.34686 1.48595 1.63862 1.80611 1.98979 2.19112 2.41171 2.65330 2.91776 3.20714 2.95216 3.42594 3.15882 3.70002 3.37993 3.99602 3.61653 4.31570 3.86968 4.66096 3.97031 4.59497 4.32763 5.05447 4.71712 5.55992 5.14166 6.11591 5.60441 6.72750 5.31089 5.89509 6.54355 7.26334 8.06231 6.13039 6.86604 7.68997 8.61276 9.64629 18.48843 22.18611 26.62333 31.94800 38.33760 21 1.23239 1.36706 1.51567 1.67958 1.86029 2.05943 2.27877 2.52024 2.78596 3.07823 3.39956 4.14056 5.03383 6.10881 7.40025 8.94917 10.80385 46.00512 25 1.28243 1.45095 1.64061 1.85394 2.09378 2.36324 2.66584 3.00543 3.38635 3.81339 4.29187 5.42743 6.84848 8.62308 10.83471 13.58546 17.00006 95.39622 30 1.34785 1.56308 1.81136 2.09757 2.42726 2.80679 3.24340 3.74532 4.32194 4.98395 5.74349 7.61226 10.06266 13.26768 17.44940 22.89230 29.95992 237.37631 40 1.48886 1.81402 2.20804 2.68506 3.26204 3.95926 4.80102 5.81636 7.03999 8.51331 10.28572 14.97446 21.72452 31.40942 45.25926 65.00087 93.05097 1469.77160 Periods (n) 1% 2% 0.990 0.980 0.980 0.961 0.971 0.942 0.9610924 0.951 0.906 0.942 0.888 0.933 0.871 0.923 0.853 0.914 0.837 0.905 0.820 0.896 0.804 0.887 0.788 0.879 0.773 0.870 0.758 0.861 0.743 0.853 0.728 0.844 0.714 0.836 0.700 0.828 0.686 0.820 0.673 3% 4% 0.971 0.962 0.943 0.925 0.915 0.889 0.888 0.855 0.863 0.822 0.837 0.790 0.813 0.760 0.789 0.731 0.766 0.703 0.744 0.676 0.722 0.650 0.701 0.625 0.681 0.601 0.661 0.577 0.642 0.555 0.623 0.534 0.605 0.513 0.587 0.494 0.570 0.475 0.5540.456 Interest rates (d 5% 6% 0.952 0.943 0.907 0.890 0.864 0.840 0.823 0.792 0.784 0.747 0.746 0705 0.711 0.665 0.677 0.627 0.645 0.592 0.614 0.558 0.585 0.527 0.557 0.497 0.530 0.469 0.505 0.4.42 0.481 0.417 0.458 0.394 0.436 0.371 0.416 0.350 0.396 0.331 0.377 0.312 7% 0.935 0.873 0.816 0.763 0.713 0.666 0.623 0.582 0.544 0.508 0.475 0.444 0.415 0.388 0.362 0.339 0.317 0.296 0.277 0.2580 8% 0.926 0.857 0.794 0.735 0.681 0.630 0.583 0.540 0.500 0.463 0.429 0.397 0.368 0.340 0.315 0.292 0.270 0.250 0.232 .215 9% 0.917 0.842 0.772 0.708 0.650 0.596 0.547 0.502 0.460 0.422 0.388 0.356 0.326 0.299 0.275 0.252 0.231 0.212 0.194 0.178 10% 0.909 0.826 0.751 0.683 0.621 0.564 0.513 0.467 0.424 0.386 0.350 0.319 0.290 0.263 0.239 0.218 0.198 0.180 0.164 0.149 20